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What Is the Difference Between a Heart Attack and Cardiac Arrest?

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 805,000 Americans experience a heart attack each year, with 605,000 being first-time incidents. 2 In comparison, more than 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur annually in the U.S. 1 According to the U.S. accounting for 70% of all cases.